At length she stopped.
"It's all the same to me--if you wish it----" "Thank you a thousand times!" They walked back into Holborn, and Hilliard, talking merely of trifles, led the way to a great hall, where some scores of people were already dining.

He selected a nook which gave assurance of privacy, sketched to the waiter a modest but carefully chosen repast, and from his seat on the opposite side of the table laughed silently at Eve as she leaned back on the plush cushions.

In no way disconcerted by the show of luxury about her, Eve seemed to be reflecting, not without enjoyment.
"You would rather be here than going home in the Camden Town 'bus ?" "Of course." "That's what I like in you.

You have courage to tell the truth.

When you said that you couldn't come, it was what you really thought Now that you have learnt your mistake, you confess it." "I couldn't have done it if I hadn't made up my mind that it was all the same, whether I came or refused." "All the same to you.